Ben Smith
Ben is a Senior Associate at Littler who works across all areas of employment law including advisory, litigation and transactional support. He has particular experience in defending complex Employment Tribunal litigation, including as part of the team that successfully appealed a long-running whistleblowing, sex discrimination, pregnancy and maternity discrimination, and victimisation claim to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Ben regularly supports and manages international employment advisory projects. He also has significant experience of managing document review projects, such as disclosure and data subject access requests, leveraging technology and flexible resourcing solutions. Drawing on a longstanding academic interest and experience working in the charitable sector, Ben is particularly interested in equality, diversity, and discrimination issues for employers arising in both contentious and non-contentious maters. Ben also supports the London office’s knowhow and training capability, regularly keeping clients and the team informed of legal developments, as well as the legal technology workstream. · Littler
About
Senior Associate at Littler specialising in all areas of employment law including advisory, litigation and transactional support. He has experience defending complex Employment Tribunal litigation (including appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal), managing international employment advisory projects, overseeing document review/DSAR work, and supporting the London office’s knowhow, training and legal technology workstream.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- BA Jurisprudence — University of Oxford (2009–2012)
- LLM — University College London (2014–2015)
- Legal Practice Course — The University of Law (2018–2020)
Admissions
- Solicitor, qualified September 2020